Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā / 4.55 Make the self the sky
4.55
Haṭha (हठ) Yoga Pradīpikā (प्रदीपिका)
खमध्ये कुरु चात्मानमात्ममध्ये च खं कुरु ।
सर्वं च खमयं कृत्वा न किंचिदपि चिन्तयेत् khamadhye kuru cātmānam ātmamadhye ca khaṃ kuru |
sarvaṃ ca khamayaṃ kṛtvā na kiṃcid api cintayet
The line
Make the self in the middle of the sky, and make the sky in the middle of the self. Making everything made of sky, he should think nothing at all.
नेपालीमा
आत्मालाई आकाशको बीचमा बनाऊ, र आकाशलाई आत्माको बीचमा बनाऊ। सबैलाई आकाशबाट बनेको बनाउँदै उसले केही पनि सोच्नु हुँदैन।
Where it sits
Kha (ख) is the sky. The verse's na kiṃcid (न किंचिद्) is the same nothing as 4.50.
Split: kha (ख) + madhye (मध्ये) kuru (कुरु) cātmānam (चात्मानम्) ātma (आत्म) + madhye (मध्ये) ca (च) khaṃ (खं) kuru (कुरु) / sarvaṃ (सर्वं) ca (च) kha (ख) + mayaṃ (मयं) kṛtvā (कृत्वा) na (न) kiṃcid (किंचिद्) api (अपि) cintayet (चिन्तयेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kha-madhye (ख-मध्ये) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | space; in the middle. |
| kuru (कुरु) | form in the line | make. |
| cātmānam (चात्मानम्) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| ātma-madhye (आत्म-मध्ये) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | in the middle. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| khaṃ (खं) | nominative or accusative singular | space. |
| sarvaṃ (सर्वं) | nominative or accusative singular | every. |
| kha-mayaṃ (ख-मयं) | nominative or accusative singular | space; made of. |
| kṛtvā (कृत्वा) | absolutive | having made. |
| na (न) | indeclinable | the verse's own no. |
| kiṃcid (किंचिद्) | form in the line | anything. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | even. |
| cintayet (चिन्तयेत्) | optative | one should think. |
Sanskrit in this line
The quarters run 16, 16 syllables. A hyphen in the split is a compound joint, a teaching mark, and the voice joins it.
Say it back
Cover the English and say the verse in one sentence. Make the self in the middle of the sky, and make the sky in the middle of the self. Making everything made of sky, he should think nothing at all.